An assistantship is available on a project that is examining the relationship between social perspectives on prescribed burning, and prescribed fire effects on ecosystems.
Job opportunity
GIS Technician – Job Posting
Dawood Engineering, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated GIS Technician for our Sturbridge, MA location.
GIS Analyst with The Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness
The Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness (ICPH) seeks an experienced researcher to work with a multi-disciplinary team of analysts on policy issues affecting homeless children and their families in the United States. The GIS Analyst will be responsible for geographical data analysis and mapping that contribute to greater understanding of the policy environment surrounding family and child homelessness. Candidate must exhibit excellent technical and problem solving skills, have great focus and attention to detail, and the ability to work across multiple projects.
Geospatial Intern, within the Business Intelligence & Geospatial Development Program @ Travelers Insurance
Looking for robust experience in cutting-edge mapping and analytics projects in the field of Geospatial? Travelers is looking to fill our Geospatial intern class for the Summer of 2017. The successful candidate will assist on an innovative geospatial collaborative Property & Casualty insurance initiative. Candidates should have proficiency with basic GIS concepts for data downloading, review, … Read more
Louisana needs volunteer on-line mapping help
As the Louisiana’s emergency management agency tries to evaluate flooding damage, one challenge they face is assessing the number and type (commercial, residential, etc.) of damaged structures. However, there is a lack of mapped structures. So volunteers are needed to create an account on the USGS web site below and then, working with pre-flood imagery, map structure locations … Read more
Service Fellowship in the Division of Vital Statistics @ CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Division of Vital Statistics (DVS), located in Hyattsville, Maryland, is seeking an Associate or Senior Service Fellow. As the nation’s principal health statistics agency, NCHS’s mission is to provide statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of … Read more
Great Opportunity with Audubon
Data Visualization Specialist
National Audubon Society
Position Summary:
Stakeholders in the Environmental/Conservation arena need credible information on which to base their decisions at local, national, and international scales. The synthesis and visualization of existing data, collected by Audubon and its partners, offers the potential to provide actionable insights to these critical individuals and groups. Consequently, Audubon and its partners are developing interactive scorecards for all conservation activities to inform field staff and to communicate efforts to various supporters and funders. As part of Audubon’s National Science Division, the Data Visualization Specialist will be primarily responsible for leading the organization’s visualizations of key conservation datasets for its priority projects in the Strategic Plan. Reporting to team leader for Conservation Scorecards, the Specialist will lead the creation of compelling visualizations for multiple audiences as part of a dashboard/scorecard team. S/he will engage in, but not be limited to, the following:
GIS Specialist position in Maine
The Greater Augusta Utility District is accepting applications for the position of Geographic Information System (GIS) Specialist. The GIS Specialist will perform advanced technical services work in operating and training other personnel to operate the Geographic Information System, will assist with pipe network analysis, and will develop, maintain, validate, and update the GIS database. Will … Read more
GIS Tech position at MassGIS
GIS Technician (contract position)
Start date: July 5, 2016
Application Deadline: June 8, 2016
Background
MassGIS is presently building the statewide GIS needed to support the Next Generation 911 (NG911) emergency response system. The mapping for this project includes Emergency Service Zones, address point locations, and a street network; these are linked to tables including a master list of street names and of addresses and of their respective aliases/variants.
DEEP GIS Seasonal Resource Assistant
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Office of Information Management, is currently seeking to fill a 6-month, temporary position to work with the department’s GIS program. The work location is Hartford.
Duties (may include):
- Updating the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) for Connecticut,
- Providing technical assistance with ArcMap, ArcCatalog and ArcGIS Online to
GIS users, - Creating new or updating existing documentation and metadata,
- Designing and preparing of map services and web maps,
- Designing and preparing maps formatted for printing distributed digitally,
- Reviewing tabular and spatial data for accuracy, consistency and completeness.